Pastoral Resources

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.

The real duties of an ambassador are to enter into or follow negotiations between his own government and that of the country to which he is accredited.

For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.

One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.

I love entertaining people and this is entertainment.

The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation.

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.

The development of the food industry for both domestic and export markets relies on a regulatory framework that both protects the consumer and assures fair trading practices in food.

The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs are met and women are given their rightful role in societies.

This double burden of disease is rapidly putting a serious brake on the development efforts of many countries.

That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that health is at the center of sustainable development.

With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives each year.

Women's health is one of WHO's highest priorities.

You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition.

Although approximately 80% of osteoporosis sufferers are women, as the longevity of the male population increases, the disease will assume increasing importance in men.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

Cancers of all types among women are increasing.

During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.

A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.

In recognising the global problem posed by osteoporosis, WHO sees the need for a global strategy for prevention and control of osteoporosis, focusing on three major functions: prevention, management and surveillance.